Note

This documentation is for the new OMERO 5.3 version. See the latest OMERO 5.2.x version or the previous versions page to find documentation for the OMERO version you are using if you have not upgraded yet.

System Administrator Documentation

Server Background

• What’s new for OMERO 5.3 for sysadmins
• Server overview
• System requirements
• Version requirements
• Example production server set-ups
• Known limitations
• Groups and permissions system

Server Installation

This section provides guidance on how to install and set up OMERO.server on any of the supported UNIX and UNIX-like platforms. Specific walkthroughs are provided for several systems, with detailed step-by-step instructions. However, reading through the OMERO.server installation overview first is recommended as this explains the entire process rather than just being a series of commands.

• OMERO.server installation overview
• OMERO.server installation on CentOS 6 with Python 2.7
• OMERO.server installation on CentOS 7
• OMERO.server installation on Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04
• OMERO.server installation on OS X with Homebrew
• OMERO.server binary repository
• OMERO.server and PostgreSQL
• Setting up OMERO.web
• Installing additional features

Server Maintenance and Upgrading

This section contains instructions for administering, troubleshooting, backing-up, and upgrading your server installation.

• Command Line Interface as an OMERO admin tool
• Troubleshooting OMERO
• OMERO.server backup and restore
• OMERO.server upgrade
• OMERO upgrade checks
• Moving the data repository
• Migration from OMERO 5.2 on Windows to OMERO 5.3 on Linux

Optimizing Server Configuration

This section discusses the options for configuring OMERO.server for optimum performance and security.

• Server security and firewalls
• LDAP authentication
• Performance and monitoring
• Search and indexing configuration
• FS configuration options
• Grid configuration
• Setting the OMERO_HOME environment variable
• Configuration properties glossary
• Syslog configuration

Optimizing OMERO as a Data Repository

This section explains how to customize the appearance and functionality of OMERO clients to host images for groups or public viewing.

• Customize OMERO clients
• Public data in the repository

Data Import and Storage

This section contains details of how OMERO.fs allows you to import and store data with OMERO 5.

• OMERO.dropbox
• In-place import
• Advanced import scenarios